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[applause] jonathan burnham, jane byrne, jim duffy, i want to thank andrew wily and jim ott. [applause] i want to say to my fellow writers, you've written extraordinary books. i don't really know why i'm standing here, but i've been working at this about a hundred years. not as long as elmore re demand, but a long time. [laughter] and i wouldn't be here if it weren't for my daughters. [applause] my husband dan, my mom and dad and all of you. i'd like to, in the end, accept this in the spirit of the turtle mountain chippewa people and in recognition of the grace and end diewrns of native women. this is a book about a huge case of ip justice ongoing -- injustice ongoing on reservations, and thank you for giving it a wider audience. it means so much to all of us. thank you. [applause] in and so this concludes the ceremony. please, help me congratulate all the finalists, winners and judges. [cheers and applause] everyone is invited to join the after party on the balcony. i would sincerely like to thank the national book foundation and especially harold for inviting me to be a par
[applause] jonathan burnham, jane byrne, jim duffy, i want to thank andrew wily and jim ott. [applause] i want to say to my fellow writers, you've written extraordinary books. i don't really know why i'm standing here, but i've been working at this about a hundred years. not as long as elmore re demand, but a long time. [laughter] and i wouldn't be here if it weren't for my daughters. [applause] my husband dan, my mom and dad and all of you. i'd like to, in the end, accept this in the spirit of...
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the chair lays before the senate the resignation of jim demint of south carolina which shall be printed in the record. mr. reid: mr. president i now ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session and the "help" committee be discharged from further consideration of presidential nomination 1404 and that the senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on the nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and that no further statements be in order to the nomination, that any statements related to this matter be printed in the record and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the foreign relations committee be discharged from further consideration of presidential nominations 1928 and 1951. that the nominations be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order to the nominations that any related
the chair lays before the senate the resignation of jim demint of south carolina which shall be printed in the record. mr. reid: mr. president i now ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session and the "help" committee be discharged from further consideration of presidential nomination 1404 and that the senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on the nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening...
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he notes jim billington, of course. >> a great party. >> jim, jimmy. jimmy. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> elizabeth. good of you to come. [inaudible conversations] >> involved. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> anyway, we love your christmas card. you did not have to do that. >> okay. my god. call the cops. [inaudible conversations] >> i'm a doctor. >> well,. >> are you? and. >> could deceive. >> animated. >> no, i'm going to go with it. that's what david said to me. >> i, david. >> his show up. [inaudible conversations] kneele lee ufology was behind barbed wire. and. >> has said he never told me. i didn't know. i didn't know that. [inaudible conversations] >> he's 101. >> hal abrams over there. >> i worked for him in the 80's. i know. [inaudible conversations] >> hello, hello. >> and l. abrams. >> give him -- [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> longstanding. a relationship. >> along the way. anyway. i don't know. much terrible. >> it is. [inaudible conversations] >> starting out. [inaudible con
he notes jim billington, of course. >> a great party. >> jim, jimmy. jimmy. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> elizabeth. good of you to come. [inaudible conversations] >> involved. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> anyway, we love your christmas card. you did not have to do that. >> okay. my god. call the cops. [inaudible conversations] >> i'm a doctor. >> well,. >> are you? and. >> could...
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and you know jim billington of horse. >> this is just a great party. >> jimmy. jimmy, clarence thomas. >> it's good seeing you. >> elizabeth, you did it. he would would have been please. he was my favorite. >> i love it. >> he didn't want any part of this. we loved your christmas card. you didn't have to do that to wyoming. to go to delare man pick on us. >> we made it to deadwood. >> did you go to the wyoming game in laramie? >> no, no. did you go over? >> no, i didn't get down to it either. here we go. okay ,-com,-com ma my god, call the cops. this is bizarre. annie, how are you? >> it's good to see you, sir. how are you? >> you are the doctor, aren't you? >> i am the doctor. hey, nina. >> how are you? it's good to see you. >> the having gotten me but i'm 80. >> that is what david said to me. >> how is david? >> he is good. i just said hi to norm. >> up the japanese relocation, he was behind barbed wire. he will never forget when he took me. >> we were definitely ahead. >> i didn't know. >> i didn't no. >> you didn't? >> no i didn't know. >> where is ann? ther
and you know jim billington of horse. >> this is just a great party. >> jimmy. jimmy, clarence thomas. >> it's good seeing you. >> elizabeth, you did it. he would would have been please. he was my favorite. >> i love it. >> he didn't want any part of this. we loved your christmas card. you didn't have to do that to wyoming. to go to delare man pick on us. >> we made it to deadwood. >> did you go to the wyoming game in laramie? >> no, no. did...
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it may have taken a war and it may have taken jim crow laws but still no matter how contradictory that was that document said we were equal. that is what got me started again, to read this great document, to reread it and talk about it. to talk about the founding. who knows how i became a judge, you know? i was only interested in the best about this country. with all its problems, the things that made it worth having and lo and behold, to come to the understanding that this founding document is a wonderful thing. and that was in the mid-1980s. i was the chairman of the eoc worrying more about budgets and getting in all sorts of trouble over the age discrimination and employment act and this hearing in that hearing, none of which was of great consequence as far as the structure of the country. but spending hour after hour learning about what you write about and teach so eloquently. i think that for me, that simple document, i think that one declaration of independence, and to then go to gettysburg and to think about its charge, to think about the carnage and the lives lost, the great ba
it may have taken a war and it may have taken jim crow laws but still no matter how contradictory that was that document said we were equal. that is what got me started again, to read this great document, to reread it and talk about it. to talk about the founding. who knows how i became a judge, you know? i was only interested in the best about this country. with all its problems, the things that made it worth having and lo and behold, to come to the understanding that this founding document is...
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it may have taken a war and it may have taken jim crow laws but still no matter how contradictory that was that document said we were equal. that is what got me started again, to read this great document, to reread it and talk about it. to talk about the founding. who knows how i became a judge, you know? i was only interested in the best about this country. with all its problems, the things that made it worth having and lo and behold, to come to the understanding that this founding document is a wonderful thing. and that was in the mid-1980s. i was the chairman of the eoc worrying more about budgets and getting in all sorts of trouble over the age discrimination and employment act and this hearing in that hearing, none of which was of great consequence as far as the structure of the country. but spending hour after hour learning about what you write about and teach so eloquently. i think that for me, that simple document, i think that one declaration of independence, and to then go to gettysburg and to think about its charge, to think about the carnage and the lives lost, the great ba
it may have taken a war and it may have taken jim crow laws but still no matter how contradictory that was that document said we were equal. that is what got me started again, to read this great document, to reread it and talk about it. to talk about the founding. who knows how i became a judge, you know? i was only interested in the best about this country. with all its problems, the things that made it worth having and lo and behold, to come to the understanding that this founding document is...
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the judiciary committee on which i serve heard dramatic testimony from former deputy attorney general jim comby about the efforts of chief of staff andrew card and counsel alberto gonzalez to pressure attorney general john ashcroft some into reauthorizing this surveillance of american citizens while ashcroft was in the hospital. after "the new york times" revealed the existence of warrantless surveillance program, the bush administration demanded the congress pass legislation authorizing it. this led to enactment of the fisa amendments in 2008. in short, this legislation was born in original sin. congress added some oversight requirements and civil liberties protection to the bush administration's warrantless surveillance program but they didn't go far enough. that's why i opposed the original fisa amendments act along with a majority of democratic senators. i supported an earlier version offered by senator leahy, chairman of our judiciary committee, which would have authorized broad surveillance powers but included civil liberties protections. back in 2008, the bush administration accuse
the judiciary committee on which i serve heard dramatic testimony from former deputy attorney general jim comby about the efforts of chief of staff andrew card and counsel alberto gonzalez to pressure attorney general john ashcroft some into reauthorizing this surveillance of american citizens while ashcroft was in the hospital. after "the new york times" revealed the existence of warrantless surveillance program, the bush administration demanded the congress pass legislation...